This is one example of why no one can get a pre-order. There are countless people trying over and over again for hours to get their pre-order. It's like mice pushing a button to get more cheese.
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8:10 am EST and Apple Store down again
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This is one example of why no one can get a pre-order. There are countless people trying over and over again for hours to get their pre-order. It's like mice pushing a button to get more cheese.
why is this taking so long. says store will be back up shortly ugh wth. dont they plan for this.
This is Effed up. As much as i love apple they are starting to annoy me with this. Why can't they plan for these things in advance? I'm sure if Steve was trying to order Black turtlenecks on line and that site was down he would be mad too
The turtleneck comment is funny!
Given the millions of people having difficulty ordering, what would Apple prefer the press headlines to read today?
1 -- Apple's website crashes as millions upon millions of customers try to get the new iPhone 4
2 -- Everything goes smoothly with Apple iPhone 4 pre-orders
Which one do you think would generate a better stock price?
PS... Remember market manipulation to enhance interest HAS happened before. Remember Nintendo. Remember Sony.
1 -- Apple's website crashes as millions upon millions of customers try to get the new iPhone 4
2 -- Everything goes smoothly with Apple iPhone 4 pre-orders
Which one do you think would generate a better stock price?
PS... Remember market manipulation to enhance interest HAS happened before. Remember Nintendo. Remember Sony.
My apple.com order just went through... Saved the confirmation page as a PDF, but no confirmation email yet. I know they must be getting slamed. Hope for the best for the rest of you.
After ten minutes of trying my reservation for in-store pickup went through at 8:14, and my email confirmation came about ten minutes later.
Some of you have actually been trying since 4am??? Yikes!!!!!
Maybe I just got lucky?
Some of you have actually been trying since 4am??? Yikes!!!!!
Maybe I just got lucky?
Dude, just because I've been tryin' over the last 4 hours doesn't mean I've tried every minute during that time. I can tell you I have tried about 9 times over the last 4 hours.
I initially tried to order on Store.Apple.com at 1:15am PST. The message "Processing Information... " sat spinning for an hour and one-half.
Seeing that was not productive, I logged into my AT&T account. It processed my order immediately, confirming I get to keep the $30/mo unlimited data plan and promising free overnight shipping on the 24th -- maybe.
So at that point, I aborted the Apple Store attempt.
Then when I tried to return to the Apple Store to see the custom options on the new Mac mini, the store was down. That was two hours ago and it's still down as of 5:39am PST.
I'm not surprised to see flames shooting out of my screen when I visited this iPhone forum.
Seeing that was not productive, I logged into my AT&T account. It processed my order immediately, confirming I get to keep the $30/mo unlimited data plan and promising free overnight shipping on the 24th -- maybe.
So at that point, I aborted the Apple Store attempt.
Then when I tried to return to the Apple Store to see the custom options on the new Mac mini, the store was down. That was two hours ago and it's still down as of 5:39am PST.
I'm not surprised to see flames shooting out of my screen when I visited this iPhone forum.
Just tried to pre-order. Everything went fine until after I checked my eligibility. Hit "continue" and I got booted for my session timing out, haha.
Okay, but a lot are continuously checking. Wouldn't you agree just based on the posts in this forum?
I think a majority of the people with problems are getting it delivered to their house. That's been my problem... the Cart and checkout.
Been watching World Cup and Aussie football to pass the time.